Today, like every Wednesday morning, I worked at the food bank checking in and registering clients for the 'retail' operation called Food Share. In this program, we provide a sort of grocery store where clients can shop a couple of times a week, and receive a monthly commodities bag with such items as peanut butter, pasta or rice, and canned fruits and vegetables.

I enjoy the opportunity to work with the many Latino clients, and staff (many of whom speak Spanish).


My Peruana (girl from Peru) friend and staff member at the food bank.
When the lines are long we are both busy checking in or signing up clients.

Besides a notable increase in the number of clients, there are a few other signs at the food bank that the economy is not in very good shape. While I was registering one client a few weeks ago, he volunteered that he needed the no-cost food source after being laid off by a...mortgage lender!

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